Word: geelong
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Siren Left. Only 30 miles before Geelong, an Aussie Ford missed a sharp turn at 70 m.p.h., skidded through a fence and wound up with its rear wheels hanging over a small cliff. That first casualty lost the rally its only car equipped with a siren for scaring off kangaroos...
Next day, in a tune-up meet at Geelong, 45 miles away, the U.S. team put on a spectacular performance. Nearly all the injured had recovered; they bore down and won six out of eight events, swept the first three places in four of them. Parry O'Brien, world's best shotputter, got off a 60 ft. 4½ in. toss to stay in front of Teammates Bill Nieder and Ken Banturn. California's Bob Richards and Bob Gutowski cleared 14 ft. 8 in. and George Mattos reached 14 ft. to dominate the pole vault. Lanky Charley...
Travel Check. In Geelong, Australia, Carmen Schembri, 34, was fined $4.50 for assault after his wife Carmel testified that he wrote his name on the soles of her shoes before he went to work, to find out whether she went out during the day, then beat her up despite the fact that she had stayed at home...